Gimp 2.10.6 Snap not running in Ubuntu 16.04.5

[Leonardo Vallone]

I have installed Gimp 2.10.6 from the Ubuntu Software application after a fresh Ubuntu 16.04.5 install and it was not running. Please see attachment.

As a workaround I have installed Snapcraft and now Gimp is working (?).

I think that this is a weird behavior but I'm quite new tu Ubuntu so I apologize if I'm wrong.

Any additional info that you may need please let me know, kind regards.

Arq. Leonardo Vallone
San Martin 400, Ramos Mejía, Buenos Aires, Argentina

System: AMD FX, Radeon R9, DDR3, SSD, HDD

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: gimp (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-29.31~16.04.1-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-29-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Fri Oct 26 21:03:41 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-10-26 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20180731)
SourcePackage: gimp
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Erich Eickmeyer (eeickmeyer)]

The way you installed gimp the first time (using the software center) likely attempted to install the snap version, but may not have been complete when you tried running it. Whatever the reason, since snaps are distribution-agnostic and are not part of Ubuntu, this bug is invalid. To report an issue with this particular snap, go to https://github.com/snapcrafters/gimp/issues.